Wilmington, Delaware
More than 375 years ago, Swedish and Finnish settlers landed on the banks of the Christina River, at the place now called Fort Christina in Wilmington. The city has been gathering stories ever since, and yours is one of them.
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Who in your circle came to Wilmington first, and what did the city look like that day?
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Wilmington, Delaware
At Fort Christina, part of First State National Historical Park, a granite monument donated by Sweden marks the place where settlers came ashore from the Kalmar Nyckel and the Fogel Grip. Who were the first people in your circle to come to Wilmington, and why? Write down how you, or they, ended up here, and what the city looked like on that first day. Arrival stories are often the first ones the people after us ask about.
Along the Brandywine in Wilmington, Hagley is the site of the gunpowder works E. I. du Pont founded in 1802. Work has shaped this area for a long time. What kind of work shaped you? Maybe you spent years in an office downtown, a hospital, a classroom or a kitchen. Tell about your first job, your best boss and the lunch spot you still miss. The small details of working life are easy to forget and lovely to read.
Every Wilmington neighborhood holds its own small rituals: a summer festival, a corner store that knows your name, a porch where neighbors talk until the streetlights come on. Which ones belong to you? Describe them with all the sounds and smells you can recall. The people who care about you will one day want to know the everyday city you knew. Walk your reader past your favorite doorways, one by one, until they can almost hear the street.
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